Automotor-horse.



No. 633,369. Patented Sept. l9, I899. C. RUUSSET.

AUTUYMDTOR HORSE. (Application filed Apr. 21, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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C. RDUSSET. AUTOMOTOB HORSE.

(Application filed. Apr. 21, 1899.)

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(No Model) UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CONSTANOE ROUSSET, OF ROZOY, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO EMILE LAN- GRENNE, OF SAME PLACE.

AUTOMOTOR-HORSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,369, dated September 19, 1899.

Application filed April 21, 1899. Serial No. 713,995. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Madame LEON ROUSSET, 'nc CONSTANOE LANGRENNE, gentlewoman, of Rozoy, Commune dAougny par Ville en Oardenois, Marne, France, have invented an Improved Automotor-Horse, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a motor-propelled horse for saddle or draft purposes.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section, and Figs. 2 and 3 face and rear views, of the motor-propelled horse. Fig. 4 shows the horse attached to a carriage.

The same letters of reference denote like parts in the several figures. The motor mechanism is contained in the body a of the horse, which may be made of metal, wood, or other material and be covered with skin, so as to present the appearance of a live horse harnessed in the usual way.

The mechanism comprises one or a pair of motors I), supported upon cross-bars c and driving through chains or bolts 61 the shaft 8 of the driving-wheels ff, mounted on the hind legs of the horse, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

Within the body a are a feed-reservoir g and carbureter h, the exhaust-pipes i for the products of combustion passing down to the hoofs of the fore legs, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The motors are cooled by means of air admitted at air-inlet holes j in the belly and chest.

The starting, stopping, steering, and brake gears are controlled by means of handles upon the neck in the case of a saddle-horse or by means ofrods Z within reach of the driver in the case of a drafthorse, as shown in Fig. 4. In this latter case the front wheels or of the vehicle would'be the driving-wheels, the wheels f being removed and the horse supported by arms m, fixed to the vehicle.

The steering is effected by means of reins or rods 0, held by the rider or driver, the neck of the horse being for this purposeintersected and mounted upon ball-bearings, the reins 0 being attached to a cross-headp, mounted on a vertical spindle q, to the lowerend of which are attached arms 0', contained Within the fore legs and connected to the axle s of the front wheels t.

Concealed openings are provided in the body for access to the motors for inspection, cleaning, and lubricating, and the motorhorse hereinbefore described can be started either by a rider or driver having at hand the means for steering or stopping the horse.

The forms, dimensions, details, and materials employed in the construction of my improved motor-horse may be varied without in any way affecting the principle of the invention.

I claim- A motor-propelled horse adapted to be rid den or driven, the said motor-propelled horse comprising a casing a in the form of a horse and having a movable head, motor mechanism b fed by a reservoir g and a carbureter h contained within said casing, hand-operated means carried by the horse for controlling the motor mechanism, driving and steering wheels, intermediate mechanism between the motor mechanism and the. driving-wheels, intermediate mechanism between the movable head of the horse and the steering-- wheels and reins connected to the movable head of the horse, whereby when the horses head is turned by the rider or driver, the

steering-wheels Will be turned in a like man-- 

